Show #1068 1989-04-05 (taped 1988-12-12) Regular

Jim Tompkins-MacLaine game 5.

Contestants

Carol Young — a stage manager originally from Easton, Connecticut

John Hobgood — a teacher from Wilson, North Carolina

Jim Tompkins-MacLaine — a musician originally from Tiffin, Ohio (whose 4-day cash winnings total $41,002)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jim $-300 $1,400 $4,600 $1,400
2nd place: Trip to the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego
$6,300
22 R (including 1 DD), 9 W (including 1 DD)
John $500 $300 $3,900 $100
3rd place: Wallace Silversmiths 15-piece punch set
$3,300
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Carol $0 $500 $3,300 $3,200
New champion: $3,200
$3,300
9 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

CIVIL WAR FRUITS & VEGETABLES ANIMAL TRIVIA RHYME TIME '50s TV WASHINGTON, D.C.
$100 [6]
He commanded at 2nd Bull Run & is said to have devised a sport that later used a bullpen
Abner Doubleday
John
$100 [8]
The names of these 2 fruits are derived from "laimun", a Middle Eastern term for citrus
lemon & lime
Jim
$100 [14]
It has a short mane that extends from the back of the head over 6' down to the shoulders
giraffe
$100 [10]
Way up there, aeronautically speaking
sky high
Jim John
$100 [1]
When this series debuted in 1959, Jay North, the boy playing the lead, was 7
Dennis the Menace
Jim
$100 [18]
The 2 states that border Washington, D.C.
Virginia & Maryland
John
$200 [7]
As a nurse she treated Burnside's boys; as an author she wrote "Jo's Boys"
Louisa May Alcott
Carol
$200 [9]
World Book calls these wide, flat beans the most nutritious member of the pea family
lima beans
Jim John Carol
$200 [20]
Each arm of an octopus has 2 rows of these on it
suckers
Jim John
$200 [16]
Any author who's been dieting successfully
lighter writer
Carol
$200 [2]
Phyllis Coates & Noel Neill both played this reporter
Lois Lane
Jim
$200 [19]
Directional name of the largest room in the White House
East Room
Carol
$300 [11]
In his inaugural address in 1862, Jefferson Davis noted the fact that it was this president's birthday
George Washington
$300 [28]
Only fruit specifically mentioned by name in the biblical account of Adam & Eve
figs
John
$300 [26]
Animal featured in the title of Mark Twain's 1st collection of stories
frog
Jim
$300 [17]
A petrified femur
stone bone
John
$300 [3]
Family name of Jake, Molly, Sammy & Rosalie, who lived at 1030 E. Tremont Avenue in the Bronx
Goldberg
Jim
$300 [21]
Created by Congress in 1846, it's called the "Attic of the Nation"
Smithsonian Institution
Jim
$400 [12]
If you saw a Civil War soldier wigwagging a commander in the field he was doing this
signaling him
DD $500 [15]
It spends the day almost completely submerged in water & comes out at night to graze
hippopotamus
Jim
$400 [24]
An azure oxford
blue shoe
Jim Carol
$400 [4]
In the '50s Chuck Connors was "The Rifleman" & he was "Peter Gunn"
Craig Stevens
Jim
$400 [22]
555 feet, 5 1/8 inches
the height of the Washington Monument
Jim
$500 [13]
Head of intelligence under Gen. McClellan, after the war he went back to his detective agency
Allan Pinkerton
Jim
$500 [27]
There's a national refuge specifically for herds of these animals near Jackson, Wyoming
elk
John
$500 [25]
If Jim Wright couldn't defeat Tip O' Neill at arm wrestling, he'd be this
weaker speaker
Carol
$500 [5]
He played Dr. Alex Stone on "The Donna Reed Show"
Carl Betz
Jim John
$500 [23]
Famous ones in Washington include the National, the Corcoran & the Freer
art galleries
Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

RULERS IN THE DICTIONARY SINGERS BEST SELLERS THE BODY HUMAN GEORGE WASHINGTONS
$200 [28]
A year after WWII ended, Umberto II became king of this country--but only for a month
Italy
Jim
$200 [6]
To "nidify" means to make one of these, or so a little bird told us
a nest
$200 [1]
Norma Zimmer sang back-up for Dale Evans on radio before becoming his "Champagne Lady" on television
Lawrence Welk
Carol
$200 [2]
This test pilot wrote his autobiography, "Press On!", with the help of Charles Leershen
Chuck Yeager
Jim
$200 [11]
Myologists would probably find Arnold Schwarzenegger interesting since they study these body parts
muscles
Jim
$200 [21]
In 1940 he donated his life savings to Tuskegee to start a research foundation
George Washington Carver
John
$400 [25]
The last Napoleon to rule France, he died in exile in 1873
Napoleon III
$400 [7]
An extinct feline noted for swordlike canines
saber-toothed
Jim
$400 [3]
Ozzie Nelson never recorded an album called "Blizzard of Ozz", but this singer did
Ozzy Osbourne
John
$600 [10]
This prime time actress finished writing "Prime Time" while unemployed during the writers' strike
Joan Collins
Jim
$400 [17]
The vitreous humor is a clear, transparent, jelly-like substance that allows this organ to hold its shape
eye
Jim
$400 [22]
In 1867 George Washington Julian helped prepare the articles of impeachment against him
Andrew Johnson
John
$600 [26]
After his 1st wife, Anastasia, died, this nefarious 16th century Russian married at least 5 others
Ivan the Terrible
Jim
$600 [12]
Name shared by a soft fabric & the soft skin on developing deer antlers
velvet
Jim
$600 [4]
Once married to Rita Coolidge, he's now the husband of attorney Lisa Meyers
Kris Kristofferson
Jim
$800 [15]
"Generation of Swine" is this gonzo journalist's commentary on the 1980s
Hunter S. Thompson
Jim
$800 [19]
Amylase is a class of enzymes that help convert this nutrient into malt sugar
starch
Jim Carol
$600 [23]
George Washington Goethals supervised its building & was the zone's 1st governor
the Panama Canal
John
$800 [27]
On Feb. 12, 1912, this country's "Last Emperor", a 6-year-old boy, announced his abdication
China
Carol
$800 [13]
By definition, "anthropophagus" people do this, so stay out of their way
eat people
Jim
$800 [5]
Proving he's not "Just a Gigolo", this Californian's heroes include Diana Vreeland & Coco Chanel
David Lee Roth
Carol
DD $1,000 [9]
"Almost Golden" tells the story of this late golden-haired TV anchorwoman
Jessica Savitch
John
$1,000 [20]
This small piece of cartilage serves as a lid over the larynx, keeping food from going down the wrong pipe
epiglottis
Jim
$800 [24]
This 6th president named his 1st son George Washington
John Quincy Adams
Carol
$1,000 [29]
This pharaoh had over 100 children but still had time to pose for statues of himself built all over Egypt
Rameses II
$1,000 [14]
From the Latin "to kill", it means to shame or humiliate
mortify
Jim
$1,000 [8]
Willie Nelson wrote her hit song "Crazy" & was heard singing it in the movie about her, "Sweet Dreams"
Patsy Cline
John
$1,000 [16]
"The Lives of John Lennon" is an unauthorized bio of the musician by this author
Albert Goldman
Carol
DD $1,800 [18]
As its name indicates, the hepatic artery supplies this large organ with blood
liver
Jim
$1,000 [30]
They called him the George Washington of this country; Jose de San Martin also freed Chile & Peru
Argentina

Final Jeopardy!

CANADA

The two Canadian provinces without coastlines

Alberta & Saskatchewan

Carol "What are Saskatchewan and Manitoba" — wagered $100
John "What is Saskatchewan & Manitoba?" — wagered $3,800
Jim "What are Alberta & Manitoba?" — wagered $3,200

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